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20:02
Kick-off in the 80th DFB Cup final. The Red Bulls kick off the 80th DFB Cup final. The Saxons are dressed entirely in red today. The team from Hesse competes in white jerseys over black shorts. The ball rolls.
19:33
By the way, it is the 16th meeting between the two teams tonight, although the direct comparison is balanced. With seven draws, there are four victories in Leipzig and four in Frankfurt. In the 2022/23 season, both teams won their home game. Incidentally, the only duel in the DFB Cup went to SGE in the round of 16 of the 2019/20 season, who beat the Red Bulls 3-1 in their own stadium.
19:27
Compared to the last matchday, when Frankfurt turned a 0-1 deficit against Freiburg into a 2-1 home win, Oliver Glasner changes to two positions tonight: Instead of Christopher Lenz and Jesper Lindstrøm, Philipp Max and Sebastian Rode return back in the first eleven.
19:22
In a very complicated year 2023, Eintracht Frankfurt threatened to gamble away all credit from the first half of the season in the Bundesliga, in which the Hessians not only made it into the Champions League round of 16, but were also on course again towards the premier class. With seven out of nine possible points from the last three league games, the Eagles saved themselves in seventh place. Should the cup final be lost today, the SBU would still remain in the Conference League. The season would be more conciliatory, however, if a second title jumped out under the outgoing coach Oliver Glasner, with which it would go into the Europa League, which the Hessians were known to win last summer under the Austrian.
19:16
On matchday 34 of the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig shot FC Schalke 04 4-2 into second division, although Marco Rose rotated a little for the season finale. There are three changes to the starting line-up tonight: Janis Blaswich returns in goal for Ørjan Nyland (bench). Christopher Nkunku and Benjamin Henrichs will also start for Emil Forsberg and Mohamed Simakan (both bench).
19:11
RB Leipzig said goodbye to the 2022/23 season in very good form with six wins from the last six competitive games and qualified again for the UEFA Champions League in third place in the final table. The DFB Cup has also been extremely good for the Saxons so far. Tonight, RBL is in the grand final for the fourth time in five seasons, which, however, could only be won on the third attempt.
19:06
The Red Bulls could become the first team since Bayern (2019 and 2020) to successfully defend the DFB Cup title. Last season, the Saxons defeated SC Freiburg 4-2 on penalties in the final. Eintracht Frankfurt also has good memories of the last final they reached. Five years ago, the SGE defeated FC Bayern 3-1 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
19:01
Good evening and welcome from the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Here at 20:00 RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt will face each other in the final of the 2022/23 DFB Cup.